Analysis of Advertisement for Hean’s Essence

Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)



If yer gotter corf about yer,
Gotter corf –
Gotter corf –
If yer gotter corf about yer,
Gotter cord –
Feelin’ orf –
Have some horse sense;
Take HEAN’S ESSENCE –
It will rid yer of that corf.
That’s a cert.


Scheme ABBAcbdebc
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1111011 11 11 1111011 11 11 1111 1110 1111111 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 220
Words 44
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 151
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson 17 June 1867 - 2 September 1922 was an Australian writer and poet Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period more…

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